Clemens to pitch Sept. 7 for Skeeters

Roger Clemens is heading back to Sugar Land, and Skeeters fans are ecstatic.

The seven-time Cy Young Award winner, who returned to the mound last Saturday for the first time since he pitched for the New York Yankees in 2007, is scheduled to make his second start for the Atlantic League team Sept. 7.

Clemens will face the Long Island Ducks on Bollywood Night at Constellation Field.

“All right,” said season-ticket holder John Locke, a 77-year-old retiree who has missed only one game during the Skeeters’ inaugural season.

Informed of the news while at Constellation Field watching former major leaguer Scott Kazmir pick up a 6-1 win for the Skeeters over Bridgeport on Wednesday, Locke contemplated pushing back a scheduled trip to Maryland by a day so he can watch Clemens pitch.

Clemens didn’t disappoint Saturday against the Bluefish before a standing-room-only crowd of 7,724. He held Bridgeport to one hit with two strikeouts over 31⁄3 scoreless innings while throwing 24 of his 37 pitches for strikes.

“It was wild,” Locke said. “Everybody was ecstatic to have him out here, and he really pitched well for himself. The fans just cheered him on, and they loved it. … I may delay my trip up north; I just may have to do that.”

Ninth on baseball’s all-time wins list with 354, the 50-year-old Clemens hasn’t ruled out a return to the majors this year.

For now, though, he’ll focus on getting ready for another start with the Skeeters.

“Looks like we’ll be on the 7th,” Clemens said in a text to the Chronicle. “Still talking to Randy (Hendricks, his agent).”

“I think it’s going to be great,” said Skeeters season-ticket holder David Wachsmann, 53. “It’s good for Sugar Land and good for the community.”

Reached at Constellation Field, Wachsmann said the energy at Clemens’ outing Saturday reminded him of the atmosphere at Minute Maid Park when he attended one of the Esters’ World Series games against the Chicago White Sox in 2005.

“I think they will definitely welcome him back, and I think it will mean a lot to the fans,” Wachsmann said. “I’m a big minor league baseball fan. I love the atmosphere at Constellation Field, and for them to bring somebody like (Clemens) made it even better.”